Facebook Friend Tagging  [Twitter Retweet Style]

Back in September Facebook added the ability to tag your Friends and Connections, including Groups, Events, Applications and Pages in your updates (very similar to Twitter @messages). This is a really great feature and although popular with some, not everyone seems to know about it.

Here’s the simple instructions:

To tag someone, type @ and then the Friends Name/Group/Event/Application/Fan Page name:

When posted to your profile, your status looks like this:

The name is linked to the tagged Facebook profile (a notification is sent to the tagged friend with the option to remove the tag if preferred).

I immediately saw the potential for people to endorse Friends/Fan Pages/Groups etc. You can now mention them on your wall – without leaving yours and the status update is also shown on their wall. This would also save you time if you were going to post the same info on your profile plus another Profile/Fan Page/Group etc.

Straight away I used tagging to copy and share what other people were posting – like we do on Twitter – and my friend Mari Smith sent me this tweet:

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With the beginning of 2010 and the start of a new decade, it has never been more important  to us personally that we continue to:

“Live Our PASSION!“

We live an alternative life compared to many people in our lives, with plans for the future very different from “the norm”.

Via Social media we have been able to connect with a wonedrful community of like-minded people where our Location Independant, Digital Nomad, Home Schooling plans are  not so “way out”!

It is a breath of fresh air to connect with so many people who are very passioniate  about everything they do. Thank goodness for Social media channels like Twitter and Facebook!

Gary Vaynerchuck AKA @Garyvee from Wine Library TV, is a perfect example. He currently has the whole social media-sphere a-buzz with his recently published book –

>>Crush It! Why Now is the Time to Cash in on your Passion<< [Read more →]